Alternative to PayPal for online money transfer

Question

I'm looking for a way to send money between individuals, similar to PayPal, but one that is not PayPal. I know there's Google Checkout and Amazon Marketplace, but do either of these work to hold personal funds? PayPal offers a free PayPal debit card option, and you can transfer your funds out to your bank for a small fee.

I really can't stand the idea of funding these guys after the whole WikiLeaks fiasco.

Answer 1

AlternativeTo lists a number of options.

Answer 2

I know that Chase now offers a free service for their customers to send funds to anyone with an email account regardless of the recipients bank. I've used it a few times and it's worked fairly well. I think it's limited to direct debits though rather than credit.

You might want to also have a look at Square (Squareup.com) although I'm not sure if it's only for virtual terminal and swipe usage vs. sending an invoice with a payment link.

Answer 3

You can use Amazon Payments to send money.

Send money to your friends and family using the payment information in your Amazon.com account. You can send money to their e-mail address or U.S. mobile number online or via your mobile phone.

And there is no FEE (unlike paypal):

Is there a fee for using Amazon WebPay?

No, there is no charge to send money using Amazon WebPay.

You can use popmoney as well. Many banks, such as Ally bank are using them.

Answer 4

There's Moneybookers.com. They do have fees, but they don't appear to be too bad, and they are one of the few things that EBay directly supports (in addition to PayPal). I've not used them yet, but I have an account and plan to use them for future EBay sales to see how they work out.

Answer 5

This Wired article lists ING Direct Person2Person and Serve as two other viable alternatives.